New York New York

i'm in NY!!! hail the big apple.

had a damn tiring day. did lots of last minute packing and rushed for the 1am bus, then had a 5.5 hour bus journey and reached NY. the toilet in the bus was horrible, i was slipping on pee and it was pitch black so i had to use the LED on my hp to illuminate the place and the toilet paper was all wet and there was no water to wash hands or flush. gross. and i had to grab onto both handle bars to keep myself from falling while peeing -______-

ok we made a wrong move and decided to take the subway to our hotel. so basically we reached NY chinatown at around 7am and did some serious manual labour for ard 2-3 hours. it was a massive operation, involving 10 ppl (5 girls and 5 guys) and 26 pieces of heavy luggage. the subway stations only had steps most of the time, so u can imagine how hard it was to move all the luggage up and down the stairs at different stations and during transits, and rushing in and out of the trains. it involved lots of sweat, strength and huffing and puffing, and of cos knocks and bruises. the luggage slammed my ankle and knees :( but i think my biceps are getting more developed, after all the straining today. was really an experience, damn exciting, although it only saved us $5 per person by not taking a taxi. lol. stupid i know, but hey, i've never moved so much luggage in my life and it required teamwork and organisation to move luggages from place to place in batches, having assembly lines, ppl looking after luggage at the start and end points and ppl moving luggages from start to end point. we didn't lose anything, and everyone reached destination Hotel Carter safely :)

then came operation move-luggages-into-rooms, cos the rooms were small and cui, so we had to squeeze them here and there, and since tmr and wed we're going to Niagara Falls, we're gonna return 2 rooms tmr and leave all the luggage in 1 room, then when we're back on Thur we shall book another 2 rooms for the remaining days.

Hoping to watch Broadway, but apparently the nice shows are sold out and what's remaining are the expensive tix. show timings are limited too, hope they can fit into our schedule. most prob will be missing Woodsbury too.

walked lots today, been to Chinatown, Times Square, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge, wallstreet...food at chinatown was GOOD! haven't really done any shopping though, and i alr had a hard time squeezing everything into my 2 luggages so i guess i won't be able to buy much from now on.

damn tired. i didn't sleep much during the bus trip and after exerting so much this morning and walking so much in the sun this afternoon and night, i am ready to just faint on the bed haha. i believe i can fall asleep if left alone for 5 mins, even tho i'm sweaty and sticky and haven't bathed. nor brushed my teeth since last night, but that is alr becoming a norm ><

btw Times Square is damn happening, cos it's crowded and brightly lit everywhere, unlike vegas which had beautiful night lights but very few ppl on the streets.